Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1905]
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN—Table V.
Table H.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
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All Causes. | Certified | 185 | 61 | 54 | 36 | 336 | 124 | 91 | 88 | 65 | 43 | 62 | 48 | 54 | 55 | 52 | 56 | 1,074 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | I | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 27 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 51 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | 3 | 3 | I | 7 | 14 | 7 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 149 |
Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 53 | ||
Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 15 | |
Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 110 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 146 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 163 |
Congenital Defects | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 31 | |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of Breast-milk | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Atrophy, Debility. Marasmus | 23 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 52 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 138 | |
Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | I | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | ||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 12 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Syphilis | i | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .. | 2 | 19 | |
Convulsions | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | 38 | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 77 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | |
Pneumonia | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 107 | |
S1111111uffocation, overlaying | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 6 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
Other Causes | 29 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 56 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 111 | |
Totals | 185 | 61 | 54 | 36 | 336 | 124 | 91 | 88 | 65 | 43 | 62 | 48 | 54 | 55 | 52 | 56 | 1074 |
Births in the year
legitimate 8,529.
Iillegitimate 227
8,756
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 4,955
Population.
Estimated to middle of 1905.
342.994-